Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-01
THE CUP STAYS HERE.
All, HA! JOHN BULL SEND OVER TIKI
WHOLE BLO0NlN' NAVY,
The Volunteer Skps Lightly Away From the
Mysterious" Thistle and the Cup Says in the
Land Of the Free and the Home Of the
Brave and Don't You Forget It,

NEW YORK, September 30.-The sec
ond attempt to sail the second race in the
two out of three match for Americas cur
was accomplished to-day under circum'
stances that compelled the most ultra
Britisher to say that the cutter Thistle
was beaten fairly and soundly. The first
victory of the Volunteer was not thorough,
ly admitted by the foreigners. Everyone
of the %, 900 spectators saw as square
race as was ever sailed in an any water.
1t was precisely 1890 a. IN. that the
preparatory signal was given.
At 10:40 the signal to start was given.
At that moment the Thistle and Volunteer
were southeast OF the line, not two hun
dred yards apart, each working gradually
to the line. The yachts started as follows:
Thistle 10:40:21, Volunteer lO:4O:5O4.
They went over on the starboard tack,
and the Volunteer at once began to out
point and out foot her opponent. The
course was north northeast for twenty
miles to windward and return bt-
fore the wind. The weathering
qualities of the yachts were seen at once
and the Volunteer outsailed the cutter by
nearly two points and won the race by the
mastery manner in which she went to
windward. The first tack, which was a
long one-Seven miles-decided virtually
the race. In each succeeding tack which
followed the Volunteer continued to get to
windward and get ahead as well.
H. tyn 4
The Volunteer took five taCks in reaching
the outer marker, and the Thistle required
six. Every time the cutter went about
she did it sooner than the slOOp.
The wind at the start was blowing about
two miles an hour. 1t maintained that
velocity all the way out. except during a
period of perhaps twenty minutes, when it
let down considerably, during which time
the Thistle people claimed they were be
calmed, while the Volunteer held the
wind Really the contestants were equally
afflicted. The yachts rounded the outer
mark like this: Volunteer 2:26:4O; This
tie, 2:4l:0 :00.
The Volunteer had lead Of tully .
miles, when the Thistle rounded, and that
was not diminished very much on the run.
The Thistle was the first TO take in her
spinnaker but the Volunteer followed suit
Immediately. In the home run the wind
let up rs well. 1t dropped to 10 miles an
hour. The following table gives the fig
urcs, including the six seconds allowance
the Volunteer had to give the Thistle on
forty mile course:
Start Finish. Actual Time. Card Time
II. Ms II. Ms. II. Ms, II. NJ. :.
lo;4O5O34 4;2sA7 5:i2;5G.4 542:5614
lO.IO:2l 4.3jl2 5:A.5l 5:54:45
In the windwOrk the Volunteer beat the
Thistle II minutes 10! seconds. On the
run before the wind the Thistle beat the
Volunteer 2 minutes 81 seconds.
After the race, Mr. Bell admitted that
the Volunteer with her centre board had
fairly beaten the Thistle, in thrashing to
windward. He insisted, however, that
the courses laid out by the American
Cup Committee were unfair.
lie said that he fully expected
to win the inside race, and the triangular,
or third race, because he had no doubt that
the Thistle could easily beat the slOop in
running and reaching Mr.. Bell added that
the Thistle was for sale for 500, 900, and
that ii purse were offered for another
race she would be entered.